ASPIRATION OF INTRASPINAL SYNOVIAL CYST - RECURRENCE AFTER TEMPORAL IMPROVEMENT

Citation
K. Imai et al., ASPIRATION OF INTRASPINAL SYNOVIAL CYST - RECURRENCE AFTER TEMPORAL IMPROVEMENT, Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery, 118(1-2), 1998, pp. 103-105
Citations number
10
Language
INGLESE
art.tipo
Article
Categorie Soggetti
Orthopedics,Surgery
ISSN journal
0936-8051
Volume
118
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
103 - 105
Database
ISI
SICI code
0936-8051(1998)118:1-2<103:AOISC->2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
Intraspinal synovial cyst primarily occurs in the lumbar spine and may cause back pain and compression nerve disturbance. Percutaneous aspir ation has been recommended as an alternative to surgery in three cases . We report on two patients who improved after aspiration of gelatinou s material and steroid injection but whose cyst recurred within a shor t period of time. There are reportedly two types of synovial cyst: One contains serosanguinous fluid and the other gelatinous fluid. These t wo types are indistinguishable on computed tomography or magnetic reso nance imaging. The results of all patients whose aspirated material wa s gelantinous were unsuccessful, including our cases. Thus, the outcom e may depend on the pathology of the cyst.